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Jeremy THOMAS
“Steel”, Thomas says, “is quite malleable and actually a lot like clay (though admittedly it only exhibits those characteristics at upwards of 1000 degrees Fahrenheit)”. After welding forms together and then subsequently heating them, Thomas injects them with pressurized air, inflating, or “growing” them into their final shape. Finally, he paints them with metallic car paint. In the case of some of the smallest pieces, he used nail lacquer for the first time, which expanded his range of colors. The largest sculptures are inflated without the heating process by adding air pressure into cold forms progressively. He can also ingeniously reverse the process and deflate them using a special technique involving extreme cold. Occasionally, his sculptures can explode during the process; Thomas is a risk taker playing with the limits of the material’s resistance. Some of his new sculptures are part inflated and part deflated.
Jeremy Thomas visually, technically, and conceptually unifies dualities, paradoxes and oxymorons: steel carefully molded by air, a creative process that mixes planned processes and expectations of the general shapes with the unpredictability of results in the details and parts of the sculptures. The sensual three-dimensional shapes come from strict geometrical assembled flat panels, a play between natural, rusted surfaces of the sculptures and their glossy, painted counterparts. Additionally he mixes an inflating process and a deflating process in the same sculpture. Jeremy Thomas is also a great colorist. Every color is unique and very meticulously selected to combine with each unique form and with the color of the rusty surface. Visitors stay for a long time during the exhibition. The vision of each sculpture changes so drastically from one angle to another, that it is a true experience of discovery just by walking around each one.
Born: 1973 in Mount Vernon, OH
Lives and works in Española, NM
EDUCATION:
1992-1996 Bachelor of Fine Arts, College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
1996 Internship, artist blacksmith Tom Joyce, Santa Fe, NM
1993 & 1994 Internship, intaglio printmaking, painter/printmaker Jean Richardson, Oklahoma City, OK
1992 Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute, with artist De Loss McGraw
1991 Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute, with artist Robert Zakanitch
PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:
Albright-Knox Gallery Buffalo, New York
Fidelity Investments Boston, MA
J Crew, London, UK
Kunstsammlung F. Hoffman-LaRoche AG, Basel, Switzerland
New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Quartz Mountain Arts and Conference Center Lone Wolf, OK (destroyed by fire)
University of Arkansas Fort Smith, Fort Smith, AK
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art Scottsdale, AZ
PRIVATE COMISSIONS:
Mr. Arment, Dallas, TX
Mr. Balbach Buffalo, NY
Mr. and Mrs., Calozzi, Santa Fe NM
Mr. and Mrs. Bartell, Palo Alto, CA
Mr. and Mr. Calozzi, Santa Fe, NM
Mr. and Mrs. Dunsker, Cincinnati, OH
Mrs. Eason Santa Fe, NM
Mr. and Mrs. Foley, Buffalo, NY
Mr. Gresham, East Hampton, NY
Mr. and Mrs. Hubbad, Santa Fe, NM
Mr and Mrs. Jeinkins, Houston, TX
Dr. and Dr. Maetzener, New York, NY
Mr. and Mrs. Mc Grath, Boston, MA
Mr. and Mrs. Miloscia Las Vegas, NV
Numark Art Advisory
Reddy Design, New York, NY
Mr. and Mrs. Sanders Houston, TX
Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt, Scottsdale, AZ
University of Arkansas Fort Smith, Fort Smith, AK
Mr. and Mrs. Uryasz, Kansas City, MO
Mr. Weisman, Malibu, CA
Ms. Younghisgen, Santa Fe, NM
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2023 CANVAS II, Bentley Gallery
2022 Jeremy Thomas: aromatic, Walking House New York
2021 Jeremy Thomas: aromatic, Walking House New York
2019 Airborne, Phoenix Airport Museum, Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, AZ
Vital Expansions, Galerie Richard, Paris, FR
Structural Consciousness, Charlotte Jckson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Unintended Consequences, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
Oscillation in Color and Sound, Galerie Renate Bender Munich, DE
Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM Places, Liagire, by Tauber Fine Art, Munich, DE
30 Ans, Galerie Richard, Paris, FR
Celebrating 30 Years; part one, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Material Matters, LA-projects, Landshut, DE
Emboding Colour V, Museum Wilhelm Morgner, Soest, DE
In Absence of Color, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2018 Analog, Galerie Richard, New York, NY
Solo Booth, Volta NY 2018, Galerie Richard, New York, NY Ecken und Kanten – Edges and Ridges, Galerie Renate Bender, Munich
Joyful: a group exhibition, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Gocha, Galerie Richard, Paris, FR
Light and Space in the Southwest, Galerie Richard New York, NY
Great and Small, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2017 Tanked, Galerie Richard, Paris, FR
Nonfunctional Slack-Fill, Bentley Gallery Phoenix AZ
“Sensual minimal physical” Galerie Renate Bender Munich, DE Sleeping Beauty, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Treasure Hunt, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
The Wild West, Galerie Richard, New York, NY
Purple Passion, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2016 Grown Cold, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art Santa Fe, NM
Tanked, Galerie Richard, New York, NY The Quilted Sky, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Art for Art’s Sake, Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Museum of Art, Carnegie Museum, Oxnard, CA
Off the Wall, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
50 Shades of Red, Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, DE
Pink Crush, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Zwei Freunde aus Deutschland, Schauraum Multipleart Zurich, CH
2015 Bursting at the Seams, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ Back to Basics: Selections from the Fredrick Wiesman Art Foundation, Fredrick R. Wiesman Museum of Art, Malibu, CA
All That Glitters, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
12 artists 3 dimensions, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Regularly Speaking, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Embodying Colour, Künstlerhaus Metternich, Koblenz, DE
2014 Ditching the Cardigan, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art Santa Fe, NM
Highly Sensuous, Galerie Renate Bender Munich, DE
Solo Booth, Art Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, DE Heavy Metal, Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, DE
Embodying Colour, Vasarely Muzeum, Budapest, HU
Faszination Farbe, Kunsthaus Furstenfeldbruck, Furstenfeldbruck, DE
Wiendersehen Wiesbaden, Schauraum Multiple Art, Zurich, CH
Art for Art’s Sake, Marjorie Barrick Museum, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
2013 Camber, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
(untitled) Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA Art for Art’s Sake, Fredrick R. Wiesman Museum of Art, Malibu, CA
Embodying Colour, Kunsthalle Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, DE
The Nature of Abstraction, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
On The Edge, Cheryl Hazan Contemporary, New York, NY
Learning to See: Josef Albers and the Interaction of Color, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
All About Color, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2012 Dialogues in steel, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art Santa Fe, NM Fall Show: a group exhibition, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Faltwelten – It’s All in the Fold, Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, DE
“Pink” Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2011 Primary Intentions, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Mostly Monochrome, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Black, White and Red, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2010 Group exhibition of small works, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Thirty Years of Collecting: A Recent Gift to the Museum, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
William Shearburn Gallery, Saint Louis, MO
2009 Boll, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Cotton Module, Samuel Freeman, Santa Monica, CA Common Ground: Color, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Mostly Sculpture (Damnit) Samuel Freeman, Santa Monica, CA
2008 Implement, Jackson Fine Art and Charlotte Jackson Project Space Santa Fe, NM
2007 (untitled) Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2006 Inflatables, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
1996 Element and Image, Two Thesis Exhibitions College of Santa Fe, Fine Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2020 Untitled, Galerie Richard, Paris, FR
2019 30 Ans, Galerie Richard, Paris, FR
Celebrating 30 Years; Part One, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Material Matters, LA-Projects, Landshut, DE
Embodying Colour V, Museum Wilhelm Morgner, Soest, DE (Summer 2019)
In the Absence of Color, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2018 Gocha, Galerie Richard, Paris, FR
Star Gazing; a Group Exhibition, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Ecken und Kanten – Edges and Ridges Galerie Renate Bender Munich, DE
2017 Joyful: a group Exhibition, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Heavy metal, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art Santa Fe, NM
Power Play, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Sleeping Beauty, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Treasure Hunt, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
The Wild West, Galerie Richard, New York, NY
Purple Passion, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2016 Emergence, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
The Quilted Sky, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe NM
Art for Art’s Sake, Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation
Museum of Art, Carnegie Museum Oxnard, CA
Off The Wall, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
50 Shades of Red, Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, Germany
Pink Crush, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe NM
Zwei Freunde aus Deutschland, Schauraum Multipleart Zurich, Switzerland
2015 Field Of Dreams, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Spring-Group exhibition, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Back to Basics: Selections from the Fredrick Wiesman Art Foundation, Fredrick R. Wiesman ,Museum of Art,
Malibu, CA
Heatwave, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
All that Glitters, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
COLOR, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
12 artists 3 dimensions, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Regularly speaking, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Winter-Group Exhibition, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Embodying Colour, Künstlerhaus Metternich, Koblenz Germany
2014 Off The Wall Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe,NM
Fifty/Fifty Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Group show Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe NM
Heavy Metal, Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, Germany
Embodying Colour, Vasarely Muzeum, Budapest, Hungery
Gallery Artists, Bentley Gallery Phoenix, AZ
Faszination Farbe, Kunsthaus Furstenfeldbruck, Furstenfeldbruck, Germany
Wiendersehen Wiesbaden, Schauraum Multiple Art, Zurich, Switzerland
Art for Art’s Sake, Marjorie Barrick Museum, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
Goup Show Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe NM
2013 Rouge, Chery Hazan Contemporary New York, NY
Art for Art’s Sake, Fredrick R. Wiesman Museum of Art, Malibu, CA
Embodying Colour, Kusthalle Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, DE
The Nature of Abstraction, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
On The Edge, Cheryl Hazan Contemporary, New York, NY
Learning to See: Josef Albers and the Interaction of Color, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ All About Color, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Faszination der Farbe, Davis Klemm Gallery, Wiesbaden, Germany
2012 Fall Show: a group exhibition, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Faltwelten – It’s All in the Fold, Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, Germany
Dialogue in steel, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
“Pink” group exhibition Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2011 Primary Intentions, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art Santa Fe, NM
Mostly Monochrome, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Black, White and Red, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2010 Group exhibition of small works, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Thirty Years of Collecting: A Recent Gift to the Museum, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
Group Show William Shearburn Gallery, Saint Louis, MO
2009 Common ground: Color, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art Santa Fe, NM
Mostly Sculpture (Damnit) Samuel Freeman, Santa Monica, CA
group show Vision West Gallery Denver, Co
2007 Purple Rain, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Of the Wall, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2006 That’s Hot, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Site Unseen 4, Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
Clockwork Orange, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Collect 8 Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
2005 Yellow Show, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Group Show, Rocket Gallery, London, UK
Objects of Desire, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Collect New Mexico, the Museum Of Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2004 Rocket Gallery, London, UK
The Grass is Not Greener, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Selections, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
By Invitation, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Monothon 18, College of Santa Fe, Tishman Hall, Santa Fe, NM
Site Unseen, James Kelly Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2003 Santa Fe Emerging Artist Expo, Santa Fe, NM
2002 Monothon 16, Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
2001 Monothon 15, College of Santa Fe, Tishman Hall
Pojoeque Art Tour Group Exhibition Sanchez Gallery, Pojoeque, NM
Jett Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2000 Monothon 14, Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
1999 Monothon 13, Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
1995 The College of Santa Fe Faculty and Student Art Show, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, NM
The Short and Tall of it All, La Baguette French Bistro, Oklahoma City, OK
1994 Inn of the Anasazi, Santa Fe, NM
1993 Quartz Mountain Collection ‘92
Goodard Art Center, Ardmore, OK
Philbrook Arts Center, Tulsa, OK
City Arts Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Permanent Exhibition (destroyed by Fire)
1992 Young Talent in Oklahoma, City Arts Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Quartz Mountain Collection ‘91
Philbrook Arts Center, Tulsa, OK
Oklahoma City Arts Museum, Oklahoma City, O
1991 Young Talent in Oklahoma, City Arts Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma